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  • Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8’s Launch Into History

    Fifty years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. ES). from NASA Image of the Day https://go.nasa.gov/2ECT2Nt

  • Station Crew Back on Earth After 197-Day Space Mission

    Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2AaGvh9

  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft and Falcon 9 Rocket

    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the test targeted for Jan. 17, 2019. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2QJ332X

  • Testing the Space Launch System

    Engineers built a tank identical to the Space Launch System tank that will be flown on Exploration Mission-1, the first flight of Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft for testing. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2QXuyVR

  • 115 Years of Flight

    For most of human history, we mortals have dreamed of taking to the skies. Then, 115 years ago on on December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the impossbile. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2S4Bk9j

  • Giant Black Hole Powers Cosmic Fountain

    Before electricity, water fountains worked by relying on gravity to channel water from a higher elevation to a lower one. In space, awesome gaseous fountains have been discovered in the centers of galaxy clusters. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2EjJGWF

  • Astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor Work Aboard the Station

    NASA astronauts Anne McClain (background) and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2SFSutQ

  • Spirit of Apollo – 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 at the Washington National Cathedral

    The Washington National Cathedral is seen lit up with space imagery prior to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2RWygvR